I'd say that they're about equally (un)readable. What do you think of: (setf result (make-instance 'foo :bar (baz quux))) vice: result = new Foo(bar

I'd say that they're about equally (un)readable. What do you think of: (setf result (make-instance 'foo :bar (baz quux))) vice: result = new Foo(bar=baz(quux)) The first is simple to write a parser for, but the second is … evil.